tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post2930825797996200271..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: We Are Not Your MachineAndrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-84506483671812912722017-07-16T16:02:42.700-07:002017-07-16T16:02:42.700-07:00TAS: Completely.TAS: Completely.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-85924124501503012102017-07-16T16:02:28.006-07:002017-07-16T16:02:28.006-07:00Liz: I think we're past going around them, too...Liz: I think we're past going around them, too. We need to put them down. It's way past time for this behavior to be allowed. They're all spoiled children who have grown into truly horrible and despicable teenagers and young adults because they've never had to suffer any consequences for their behaviors. (I mean that metaphorically, of course, since they're all old, rich white men sucking on the tit of white privilege.)Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49971626868485736202017-07-16T15:59:41.074-07:002017-07-16T15:59:41.074-07:00Briane: The Republican healthcare bill matters to ...Briane: The Republican healthcare bill matters to the only supporters who matter to them: the wealthy and the corporations. Who cares what the little people think? The little people are little.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-87760988929263849842017-07-16T15:57:29.492-07:002017-07-16T15:57:29.492-07:00Jeanne: That's not a weird form; that's th...Jeanne: That's not a weird form; that's the normal, mainstream form. That's what prosperity doctrine says, and it's endemic in modern evangelical "Christianity."Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-34686897947110797092017-07-16T15:56:23.457-07:002017-07-16T15:56:23.457-07:00ABftS: I guess you waited a long time to get to po...ABftS: I guess you waited a long time to get to post that link. hehAndrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82603465759244500752017-07-10T20:12:35.722-07:002017-07-10T20:12:35.722-07:00The disregard for anyone but themselves is truly a...The disregard for anyone but themselves is truly appalling.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-12963596646971449162017-07-10T19:56:39.620-07:002017-07-10T19:56:39.620-07:00This is why we stop arguing with them. We need to ...This is why we stop arguing with them. We need to find a way to go around them. House them in their little worlds and let them think they've won while the rest of us get on with creating a world that is good for all of us.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-10707776157450379842017-07-10T19:33:05.846-07:002017-07-10T19:33:05.846-07:00We may be entering an era where the public opinion...We may be entering an era where the public opinion doesn't matter. Only 35% of REPUBLICANS like the GOP health care plan. Another 44% claim not to have enough information to know whether they like or dislike it; whether they are being truthful is a different story. <br /><br />79% of REPUBLICAN either don't support the bill or don't have enough information to have an opinion on it. Despite that, the Senate reportedly might vote on the bill next week.<br /><br />It turned out to be bad politics (and bad policy) to pass Obamacare with a Dem strongarm; but at least the Dems could say they were aiming to fulfill the goals their voters cared about and supported. The Republicans are determined to pass a bill even their OWN supporters don't like. <br /><br />If it passes, we will have crossed a watershed moment in politics. Lee Atwater and George W came up with the theory that you don't need to have broad appeal: you just need to make sure the people who DO like you get to the polls. That was further sharpened by Karl Rove and strategists like him: get your voters out and suppress other voters, a result we saw hit its stride, if not its peak, in 2017.<br /><br />That has led us to a situation where the governing elite no longer need to fear public opinion. Incumbency, gerrymandering, the politics of division, and voter suppression have potentially installed a Republican government that is, for all intents and purposes, unassailable through the political apparatus.<br /><br />That's a machine for you. An unstoppable perpetual motion machine of Republican policies. It's like a Santa Claus machine in reverse.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-47077225455981545092017-07-10T13:20:39.301-07:002017-07-10T13:20:39.301-07:00And if they don't work, don't let their ch...And if they don't work, don't let their children eat either! Because there is no bottom to their depravity. I've heard of some weird form of "Christianity" that basically says if you're wealthy, then you're moral and good no matter what you do because god wouldn't allow you to be wealthy otherwise. It's disgustingly self-serving, and I bet you can guess what branch of religion the so-called president worships.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-10409900357177958342017-07-10T08:30:02.594-07:002017-07-10T08:30:02.594-07:00Ah, so THAT'S where the blog name comes from.
...Ah, so THAT'S where the blog name comes from.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8mYLi3PGOc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8mYLi3PGOc</a>A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.com